Jupiter's Many Moons

  • Released Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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NOTE: The orbital plane of the moons in these visualizations is incorrect. The Galilean moons should be aligned to Jupiter's equator.

Jupiter's innermost moons, from left to right: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe.

Jupiter's innermost moons, from left to right: Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe.

Io, Jupiter's third largest moon, casts a small shadow on the planet in this image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Io, Jupiter's third largest moon, casts a small shadow on the planet in this image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Innermost moons image courtesy of NASA/The Galileo Project
Galilean moons image courtesy of NASA/JHU-APL/Southwest Research Institute
Ganymede image courtesy of NASA/JPL/Ted Stryk
Hubble image courtesy of NASA/ESA/Lowell Observatory/J. Spencer

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.